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Government
Municipality of San Nicolas
Map of Ilocos Norte with San Nicolas highlighted
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 18°10′21″N120°35′45″E / 18.1725°N 120.59583°ECoordinates: 18°10′21″N120°35′45″E / 18.1725°N 120.59583°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region(Region I)
Province	Ilocos Norte
District	2nd District
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Alfredo P. Valdez Jr.
• Vice Mayor	Edistio P. Valdez
• Congressman	Eugenio Angelo M. Barba
• Electorate	24,507 voters (2019)
Area ^[2]
• Total	40.18 km² (15.51 sq mi)
Population
• Total	36,736
• Density	910/km² (2,400/sq mi)
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	7.66% (2015)^[4]
• Revenue (₱)	143,379,358.85 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
PSGC
IDD:area code	+63 (0)77
Climate type	tropical monsoon climate
Native languages	Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.sannicolasilocosnorte.gov.ph

San Nicolas (Ilocano: Ili ti San Nicolas; Filipino: Bayan ng San Nicolas), officially the Municipality of San Nicolas, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 36,736 people.^[3]

3Barangays
4Demographics
6Local government

History[edit]

The present name of San Nicolas was given in the year 1733, after Saint Nicholas de Tolentino who was believed to have protected the people against floods, earthquakes, fires, typhoons and other calamities. It is significant that in Ilocos Norte, only San Nicolas was named after a Saint.

Like any other town in the ancient province of (Ilocos Province)San Nicolas was established by (Augustinian)missionaries. Vigan, the first Spanish mission center in this region, was founded in 1575. In the year 1572, when the Spaniards first explored the Laoag (Padsan) River, they met hostile resistance from the natives of San Nicolas and Laoag. In another expedition dispatched from Vigan in 1584 San Nicolas was established and Laoag followed a year later.

San Nicolas Catholic Church built in 1701 is one of the oldest buildings in this province. Its original structure is one of the must see places of the town. The Church and the attached Santa Rosa Academy Building, the well preserved Municipal Hall and the old Town Plaza sprawled between them constitute the heart of the town center. These buildings and structures are originally built and continue to be festooned with earthen bricks, which is among the products of the surviving local.

Geography[edit]

San Nicolas is 484 kilometres (301 mi) from Metro Manila and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Laoag City, the provincial capital.

Barangays[edit]

The Municipality of San Nicolas is politically divided into 24 barangays:

Names of Barangay	Type	BarangayNo.	Local Names
San Agustin	Rural	21	Bugnay
San Baltazar	Urban	2
San Bartolome	Urban	4
San Cayetano	Urban	12
San Eugenio	Urban	13
San Fernando	Urban	11
San Francisco	Urban	1
San Gregorio	Urban	14
San Guillermo	Rural	22	Catuguing
San Ildefonso	Urban	3
San Jose	Urban	15
San Juan Bautista	Urban	6
San Lucas	Urban	9
San Marcos	Rural	16	Payas
San Miguel	Urban	7
San Pablo	Rural	20
San Paulo	Urban	10
San Pedro	Rural	18	Bingao
San Lorenzo	Rural	19
Santa Monica	Rural	24	Nagrebcan
Santa Cecilia	Rural	23	Barabar
Santa Asuncion	Rural	17	Samac
San Silvestre	Urban	5
San Rufino	Urban	8

Climate[edit]

San Nicolas has a tropical savanna climate with warm to hot temperatures year round. Temperatures dips sightly during the winter months between December to February.

Climate data for San Nicolas
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	30.0 (86.0)	30.8 (87.4)	32.0 (89.6)	33.4 (92.1)	33.8 (92.8)	32.5 (90.5)	31.8 (89.2)	31.0 (87.8)	31.3 (88.3)	31.9 (89.4)	31.2 (88.2)	30.5 (86.9)	31.7 (89.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	24.4 (75.9)	25.0 (77.0)	26.5 (79.7)	28.2 (82.8)	29.1 (84.4)	28.4 (83.1)	27.8 (82.0)	27.4 (81.3)	27.5 (81.5)	27.4 (81.3)	26.5 (79.7)	25.4 (77.7)	27.0 (80.5)
Average low °C (°F)

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